Slavery By Another Name  -  Douglas A. Blackmon

the re-enslavement of Black people in America from the Civil War to World War II / Douglas A. Blackmon.

KORTE INHOUD

In this groundbreaking historical exposé, Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history—an “Age of Neoslavery” that thrived from the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II.

Under laws enacted specifically to intimidate blacks, tens of thousands of African Americans were arbitrarily arrested, hit with outrageous fines, and charged for the costs of their own arrests. With no means to pay these ostensible “debts,” prisoners were sold as forced lab...
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2008 1x BEKROOND Uitgever: Doubleday 466 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0385506252 ISBN-13: 9780385506250